Reynolds Beal Art

Reynolds Beal (American, 1866-1951). 'Circus Scene with Elephants',1936. Color crayon & pencil on paper. Pencil signed and dated lower right. The elder brother of painter Gifford Beal, Reynolds was born in new york city. He and his brother Gifford spent their summers at wilellyn in newburgh, ny, on the hudson river and together they would later design the gardens there. He worked in a variety of styles including impressionism and tonalism. Beal produced drawings, watercolors, oils, etchings, and woodblock prints covering a wide range of subjects and scenes. The great majority of these works depict port activities, coastlines, and sea-going vessels, some city views, and landscapes. The hudson valley near his parents’ home was frequented by traveling circuses, and he began to capture their bright colors and billowing tents starting in the first decade of the 20th century.  Beal continued to depict circus themes for the rest of his life. In 1924, at the age of 58, Beal married a 33 year-old decorative artist named Helen Higgins. The couple used rockport, massachusetts as their home base, and from there used Beal’s boat, which he began to call his 'floating studio' to explore and paint numerous sites in the northeast, as well as to venture further south...

Old Tarrytown Watercolor on paper, 1927 Signed, titled and dated lower right Provenance: Arvest Galleries Inc., 77 Newbury St., Boston (label and invoice, see photo of invoice) Charles G. Thalhimer, Richmond, VA (cited on invoice as purchaser from Arvest Galleries) Image: 15 1/4 x 22 1/4" Frame: 24 x 31 1/4" Exhibited: Roanoke Museum of Art, exhibition entitled "In Painted Light..." TL91.63 Note: Arvest Gallery published catalogs of American Art between 1973 and 1988 Reynolds Beal (1866-1951) Early life and career The elder brother of painter Gifford Beal, Reynolds was born in New York City. He and his brother Gifford spent their summers at Wilellyn in Newburgh, New York, on the Hudson River, and together they would later design the gardens at Wilellyn. His father was William Reynolds Beal, whose brother Thaddeus owned Echo Lawn, not far away. Beal was a man of independent means, and was thus able to devote his life to his art without having always to appeal to the tastes of his patrons or to contemporary trends. Beal showed artistic ability from an early age, but temporarily postponed his creative interests to enroll at university. He first studied at Cornell University (naval architecture), where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and the Irving Literary Society. Beal painted and sketched in and around Cayuga Lake. His home haunts of the East River were the first subjects of his work; in Sibley Hall’s drafting bays he learned further technique as a budding naval architect. Although the “Sibley time” constitutes his first artistic experience, it was not until the years following graduation that Beal became serious about a painting career. Painting Beal spent 1901 at sea, and worked up his sketchbook entitled Cruising Aboard U.S.S. School Ship St. Mary's (1901), He kept scrapbook pages of marine etchings...

“Tuck’s Island. Off Madison Conn.“ The island is known as Tuxis Island. "The name Tuxis comes from the Native words Tuxisshoag and Tuckshishog." - Wikipedia. This pencil drawing ...

“FAYERWEATHER ISLAND LIGHT, BLACK ROCK HARBOR, CONN. “ This drawing is on an 8 x 10 inch sheet of paper. It is initialed and dated (July 17, 1887) in pe...

Reynolds Beal, born on October 11, 1867 in New York City, was both a painter and an etcher. He was a man of independent means, and was thus able to devote his life to his art withou...

“JACMEL, HAITI, Mar. 13, 1923” is a watercolor and pencil drawing on paper from circa 1923. The paper size 8 3/4 x 11 1/16" (22.5 x 26.1 cm). This piece is signed and titled along t...

“Robertha, Nassau, N. P. [New Providence]” is an oil and pencil drawing on paper from circa 1928. The paper size is 7 1/4 x 11 1/8" (18.5 x 28.4 cm). This piece is signed and title...

Reynolds Beal created the 1940 drawing entitled “WATCH HILL LIGHT” on a sheet of heathered blue-gray paper. The paper size is 7 1/4 x 11 inches (18.5 x 28 ...

A Post-impressionist seascape depicting fishing boats in a squall. Signed and dated lower right. The work was exhibited at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, N.Y. Listed on page ...

Reynolds Beal (1866 - 1951) Rockport, October, 1923 Watercolor and ink on mat 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Quester Gallery, Stonington, Connecticut...

Signature: Signed & Dated Lower Right

Outstanding pair of charcoal and crayon sketches by Reynolds Beal for his large America's Cup race paintings; circa 1930. Beal (1867-1951) was a famous A...